The 2005 Power Supply Design Seminar is part of a series of analog technical seminars produced by Texas Instruments that will begin in Europe in Spring 2005.

The program for 2005 continues the Unitrode tradition of a technical, but highly practical presentation. This series of highly respected seminars will include eight topics, containing a blend of advanced power supply concepts, tutorial review of basic principles and hands-on application examples.

"All materials in the seminar are written and presented by Texas Instruments' experts in power supply design."

The registration fee for each full day seminar includes lunch, snacks and presentation materials.
The registration fee may vary from country to country dependant on the venue and translation facilities
 

PRESENTERS

Bill Andreycak
Bill has authored over 65 application notes, conference papers, and seminar topics covering numerous applications of pulse width modulator and support integrated circuits in the field of power management. He has been active in switchmode power supply design for 22 years, the last 17 with Unitrode/TI, and holds two patents. Previous experience includes a commercial OEM manufacturer where he designed many high-power switching products.

Laszlo Balogh
Laszlo, employed by Unitrode/TI since 1994 as a Principal Application Engineer, is responsible for the definition and application support of off-line PWM ICs. Prior to joining Unitrode, he was a power system development engineer working for ASCOM Energy Systems in Switzerland, and earlier at Design Automation in the US. He holds an MSEE from the Technical University of Budapest.

Lloyd Dixon
Lloyd has the distinction of being Unitrode's longest-term employee and, while now retired, is maintaining his interest and involvement in our power supply seminar program. With most of his professional career devoted to the semiconductor industry in an application engineering role, he has more recently made significant contributions in power factor correction and control loop design. His unorthodox approach to teaching magnetic design for switching power supplies is always well received.

Robert Kollman
Robert is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Texas Instruments, and a nationally recognized power supply expert with over 25 years of power electronics experience. With two patents and the authorship of over 20 papers in the field, he has been instrumental in power electronics breakthroughs in power semiconductors, topologies, and device packaging. Robert holds a BSEE from Texas A&M University and a MSEE from Southern Methodist University.

Michael Madigan
Mike is a Principal Application Engineer with professional experience encompassing over 18 years in power electronics and motion control for industrial, aerospace, and consumer products. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado, and his research interests include power processing topologies, modeling, and control.

Bob Mammano
Bob brings 40+ years of experience in analog power controls to TI's product line and to these Power Supply Seminars. Widely recognized as the "father of the IC PWM industry," he has continued to expand the state of the art while both designing and guiding product development for two semiconductor companies. Holder of over 20 patents in this field, and a participant in this Seminar Program since 1981, Bob uniquely combines technical expertise with the training skills to impart this knowledge to others.

Gary Plumley
Gary graduated from Southampton Institute of Higher Education with an HND in Engineering, Electronics and Communications in 1985. After nine years experience in designing switched mode power supplies for the industrial and medical markets, he moved into field applications, joining Unitrode in 1996 where he ultimately became the Senior Field Applications Engineer for Northern Europe. He continues as TI's specialist in power management products for computer, industrial and telecom applications.

Mike Segal
Mike has been active in the field of power supply design for the past 20 years. Prior to joining TI/Unitrode's field applications staff in 1997, Mike engaged in power electronics design and advanced development for several merchant power supply vendors. His experience encompasses both centralized and distributed power architectures for application to the telecom, medical, lighting ballast, test equipment, and portable computing marketplaces. Mike earned his BSEE at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

Brian Shaffer
Brian is currently employed as an Analog Applications Specialist for Power Supply Design in TI's Manchester, NH office. He has over 10 years of power supply design experience with a concentration in Algorithm Development, and is a co-inventor named on a US Patent titled "Configuring Power Converters." He received his BSEE from Merrimack College in 1990 and his MSEE from Northeastern University in 1996.

Ed Walker
Ed has been a member of the Analog Field Applications staff for both TI and Unitrode since 1997. His prior experience includes 10 years with a major computer manufacturer where he designed power supplies with power ranges of from 5 to 750 Watts. His responsibilities there included power system definition, electrical-mechanical-thermal-safety-manufacturability design, specification generation and vendor management. Ed currently holds a BSEE from Texas A&M., and has been granted seven patents.

Note: Specific presenters will vary by location. While all topics will be fully documented in the manual you will receive at the seminar, time constraints may influence both the sequence and the specific topics to be discussed during the presentation.